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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. Same back to you. =)

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Alex J. Cavanaugh's avatar

Sorry, I admit I'm not on Substack. But cool you have so many followers there.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

It's a nice little place, but I get the feeling of "Ugh, ANOTHER place to post?".

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Rebecca Douglass's avatar

Not sure yet what I think of Substack, but thanks to you I made an account.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I quite enjoy it. There's a nice community of writers over on their Notes, which is their social media attempt.

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Loni Townsend's avatar

Happy Anniversary! I only follow a couple people who moved their blogs to Substack, and that's about my extent of participation.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. I'm seeing more and more people switch to Substack because it's a nice mix of blog and newsletter.

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Tyrean Martinson's avatar

Woohoo! Congratulations on 300 peeps following you. That's awesome. I think I have around 59, or so, but I'm good with that for now. I keep fiddling around with things and not bringing over IWSG...so? Maybe someday I'll figure stuff out.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. My mind is a bit blown by that, but I'm not complaining.

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Jezz Lundkvist's avatar

For the Horde!

I'm sorry I just had to πŸ˜‡

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Best comment ever! =D

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A.M. Radio's avatar

Unfortunately last year I missed posting for my 1 year anniversary, but this year I could post for my 2nd... If I don’t forget!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Make a note and stick it to your computer screen!

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Colin Devonshire's avatar

I'm with you.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

And we'll take over the world! MUAHAHAHAHA!

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Liz Seckman's avatar

I have several of your stories. My fatal flaw in support is finding the time to read all the things I want to read!!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I have that issue, too! So many good books from people I know.

Yay! I hope you enjoyed them.

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Jemima Pett's avatar

Do you want me to buy your books or read yur posts (which I probably won't anyway). Influenced was shortlisted on my Book of the Year, btw

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. I'm happy with people reading whatever they want to read, so it's up to you what you want to do. πŸ˜‰

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

300! Congrats!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Not quite yet, I rounded up, but I'm close, so thanks! =D

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Yvonne V's avatar

Happy New Year! I look forward to connecting with you on BlueSky. Still figuring out all that is Substack. :)

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Yay!

Just poke around a bit and you'll figure it out. It won't break. LOL

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JP Maulgue's avatar

Hey Patricia,

I have just subscribed to you, kind of had to lol.

I have literally read about 6 or 7 of your posts already. you have made my day for sure😁.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Yay! I'm glad you like them. Are there any interesting ghost stories or cryptids in your neck of the woods?

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JP Maulgue's avatar

There are one or two😬

Not sure what it was.

I had a chair that was opposite my bed.

I woke up in the middle of the night and saw this bear like figure sitting there🫣🫣🫣 it was not moving, just staring at me.

for real I'm not lying.

For some reason I just said to it f off and it was gone in an instant. Still not sure what is was. but I have never experienced anything like that before or since. I had even forgot about that night until you asked me.

It better not come back now.... think you are the 4th person Ive told in about 2 years.

Have you had anything like that happen to you?

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I don't think I'd be able to sleep after that.

And kinda-sorta. When I was a teenager, I once woke up and saw a man's face staring at me. I think I wrote about it when I first started this Substack. I did the natural thing and hid under the blankets until I was brave enough to look. It only happened once, thankfully.

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JP Maulgue's avatar

For some reason I did, dont think I believed what I saw. Maybe thats what helped me. It was scary when you think about it. I dont think i will ever forget how it looked.

A man's face, wow. Must have been really scary for you at that age?

Glad it only happened to you that one time.

How did you manage to sleep after that? I saw a bear, you saw a mans face🫣 It would have taken me at least an hour.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I think my age helped because I had forgotten it by the end of the day because I had more important teenage stuff to worry about. Which was probably boys. LOL

If it happened to me now, I would have such a hard time getting to sleep.

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JP Maulgue's avatar

So true, at that age we moved on pretty quickly.

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Chris Johnson's avatar

I enjoyed this post. If only I had read it sooner to answer your polls!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. Don't worry. I will have future polls! I like that feature.

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